carchck7’s 2000 Mercury Cougar

Thanks for visiting my 2000 Mercury CougarContentsPage 1--You're Here...Its news and updatesPage 2--Sound System *new pix*Page 3--Interior *new pix*Page 4--ExteriorPage 5--Archived PicsPage 6--How-To on Recovering Interior PanelsUPDATED!! 3-24-03Well the interior is finally done. We got rid of all the purple, since Steve wasn't all that hot about it. We've decided to play off of the color in the hood scoop, which is a silver with jade pearl. New graphics will be getting installed, and the trunk is done. The amps' wires still need finishing and the box needs to be recovered, but other than that she's done. Here is the most current picture of my exterior. The church in the background is the church Steve and I will be married in. This was taken at CougarFest 2002. Ain't she pretty? Those graphics are being replaced with updated ones.Well we got the car dyno'd here are her numbers:167 hp147 lbs/tqFly wheel/Crank numbers (estimate):200 hp187 lbs/tq Here is a list of mods that I have:Performance80mm FilterCustom Burned MAFSVT Throttle BodySVT Upper Intake ManifoldSVT Lower Intake ManifoldMagnecor Wires19lb Fuel InjectorsMSDS Headers & Y-PipeCustom 2.5" Exhaust w/ DynoMax MufflerKVR cross-drilled rotorsMintex A/F padsNitto 555ZR 35/225/-R18 TiresSuspensionGround Control Coil-OversKoni Adjustable ShocksOMP Front Strut BraceCosmeticAeroGear Z3 FendersAndy's AutoSport Dragon Z Front BumperCustom Interior Enkei RS5 RimsIntricate Lines Body Graphics Kaminari HoodMitsubishi Eclipse Fuel DoorStreet Glow Gold-Line Under Body NeonsWings West Front GrillWings West Skirts Wings West Rear ValenceV-Tech Taillight CoversSmoked SidemarkersSparco Pedal CoversAudioSony CDX-M630 Head Unit1-Polk DX 12" subKenwood Excelon 401W Amp (Subs)Kenwood Excelon 501w Amp (Cabin)Pioneer 6x8 3-way Speakers

ExteriorHere are some good exterior shots of my car.This was taken last summer at the Auto Alliance Plant, where the cougar was made.This was taken last week....after the newly installed neons were working....Notice my nice 4x4'n motif....this will be changed. :) Gotta love coil-overs. :)These were taken this weekend....before the car was washed (notice pollen spots) but right after those graphics were installed....I'm pretty happy with the way they turned out....especially since I installed them :)Here are the pics from CougarFest 2002...Doesn't she look good?

How-To Recover Interior Panels Well the panels are done! All the pics are up now....I'll have to take some pics of my dash now. :) The ugly beginnings. Here's the reminant of a paint job gone neglected. The white will sprayed over in the stock dark gray, and the carpet will be black. The grill will turn mettalic silver, and the leather insert will be done in purple tweed. Here's the leather panel removed from the rest of the door panel...No wonder I'm changing it.....BORING!!! See all the curves? This is the front door panel (the easier of the panels) The tweed was pretty easy to work with, but you still needed patience! This is just another angle of the same panel...Notice the texture. :) This is the rear panel. The insert is just resting in the panel. It looks good so far. I'll be sanding and painting the panels later this week. So hopefully by the end of the weekend I'll have finished pics! These are my speaker grills that I will be re-attaching to the panels....I used a silver metal flake (same as on my dash). It looks really nice against the tweed. Here's a close-up pic of my painted grill against the tweed...looks really nice. :) This is the same pic but farther away. Notice all the curves in this rear panel. What a pain in the ass it was to get it right and get the tweed stretched just right, but after 2 tries it was well worth the effort....Looks very nice! The rear panel is nearly done...all that is left to do is to paint the light gray vinyl to the stock charcoal gray. :) Well they're done and installed. This is the driver's side panel. This is the passenger door..I'm really pleased with how they came out. :)

How-To Recover Interior Panels Well the panels are done! All the pics are up now....I'll have to take some pics of my dash now. :) The ugly beginnings. Here's the reminant of a paint job gone neglected. The white will sprayed over in the stock dark gray, and the carpet will be black. The grill will turn mettalic silver, and the leather insert will be done in purple tweed. Here's the leather panel removed from the rest of the door panel...No wonder I'm changing it.....BORING!!! See all the curves? This is the front door panel (the easier of the panels) The tweed was pretty easy to work with, but you still needed patience! This is just another angle of the same panel...Notice the texture. :) This is the rear panel. The insert is just resting in the panel. It looks good so far. I'll be sanding and painting the panels later this week. So hopefully by the end of the weekend I'll have finished pics! These are my speaker grills that I will be re-attaching to the panels....I used a silver metal flake (same as on my dash). It looks really nice against the tweed. Here's a close-up pic of my painted grill against the tweed...looks really nice. :) This is the same pic but farther away. Notice all the curves in this rear panel. What a pain in the ass it was to get it right and get the tweed stretched just right, but after 2 tries it was well worth the effort....Looks very nice! The rear panel is nearly done...all that is left to do is to paint the light gray vinyl to the stock charcoal gray. :) Well they're done and installed. This is the driver's side panel. This is the passenger door..I'm really pleased with how they came out. :)

ExteriorHere are some good exterior shots of my car.This was taken last summer at the Auto Alliance Plant, where the cougar was made.This was taken last week....after the newly installed neons were working....Notice my nice 4x4'n motif....this will be changed. :) Gotta love coil-overs. :)These were taken this weekend....before the car was washed (notice pollen spots) but right after those graphics were installed....I'm pretty happy with the way they turned out....especially since I installed them :)Here are the pics from CougarFest 2002...Doesn't she look good?

ExteriorHere are some good exterior shots of my car.This was taken last summer at the Auto Alliance Plant, where the cougar was made.This was taken last week....after the newly installed neons were working....Notice my nice 4x4'n motif....this will be changed. :) Gotta love coil-overs. :)These were taken this weekend....before the car was washed (notice pollen spots) but right after those graphics were installed....I'm pretty happy with the way they turned out....especially since I installed them :)Here are the pics from CougarFest 2002...Doesn't she look good?

ExteriorHere are some good exterior shots of my car.This was taken last summer at the Auto Alliance Plant, where the cougar was made.This was taken last week....after the newly installed neons were working....Notice my nice 4x4'n motif....this will be changed. :) Gotta love coil-overs. :)These were taken this weekend....before the car was washed (notice pollen spots) but right after those graphics were installed....I'm pretty happy with the way they turned out....especially since I installed them :)Here are the pics from CougarFest 2002...Doesn't she look good?

How-To Recover Interior Panels Well the panels are done! All the pics are up now....I'll have to take some pics of my dash now. :) The ugly beginnings. Here's the reminant of a paint job gone neglected. The white will sprayed over in the stock dark gray, and the carpet will be black. The grill will turn mettalic silver, and the leather insert will be done in purple tweed. Here's the leather panel removed from the rest of the door panel...No wonder I'm changing it.....BORING!!! See all the curves? This is the front door panel (the easier of the panels) The tweed was pretty easy to work with, but you still needed patience! This is just another angle of the same panel...Notice the texture. :) This is the rear panel. The insert is just resting in the panel. It looks good so far. I'll be sanding and painting the panels later this week. So hopefully by the end of the weekend I'll have finished pics! These are my speaker grills that I will be re-attaching to the panels....I used a silver metal flake (same as on my dash). It looks really nice against the tweed. Here's a close-up pic of my painted grill against the tweed...looks really nice. :) This is the same pic but farther away. Notice all the curves in this rear panel. What a pain in the ass it was to get it right and get the tweed stretched just right, but after 2 tries it was well worth the effort....Looks very nice! The rear panel is nearly done...all that is left to do is to paint the light gray vinyl to the stock charcoal gray. :) Well they're done and installed. This is the driver's side panel. This is the passenger door..I'm really pleased with how they came out. :)

How-To Recover Interior Panels Well the panels are done! All the pics are up now....I'll have to take some pics of my dash now. :) The ugly beginnings. Here's the reminant of a paint job gone neglected. The white will sprayed over in the stock dark gray, and the carpet will be black. The grill will turn mettalic silver, and the leather insert will be done in purple tweed. Here's the leather panel removed from the rest of the door panel...No wonder I'm changing it.....BORING!!! See all the curves? This is the front door panel (the easier of the panels) The tweed was pretty easy to work with, but you still needed patience! This is just another angle of the same panel...Notice the texture. :) This is the rear panel. The insert is just resting in the panel. It looks good so far. I'll be sanding and painting the panels later this week. So hopefully by the end of the weekend I'll have finished pics! These are my speaker grills that I will be re-attaching to the panels....I used a silver metal flake (same as on my dash). It looks really nice against the tweed. Here's a close-up pic of my painted grill against the tweed...looks really nice. :) This is the same pic but farther away. Notice all the curves in this rear panel. What a pain in the ass it was to get it right and get the tweed stretched just right, but after 2 tries it was well worth the effort....Looks very nice! The rear panel is nearly done...all that is left to do is to paint the light gray vinyl to the stock charcoal gray. :) Well they're done and installed. This is the driver's side panel. This is the passenger door..I'm really pleased with how they came out. :)

ExteriorHere are some good exterior shots of my car.This was taken last summer at the Auto Alliance Plant, where the cougar was made.This was taken last week....after the newly installed neons were working....Notice my nice 4x4'n motif....this will be changed. :) Gotta love coil-overs. :)These were taken this weekend....before the car was washed (notice pollen spots) but right after those graphics were installed....I'm pretty happy with the way they turned out....especially since I installed them :)Here are the pics from CougarFest 2002...Doesn't she look good?

ExteriorHere are some good exterior shots of my car.This was taken last summer at the Auto Alliance Plant, where the cougar was made.This was taken last week....after the newly installed neons were working....Notice my nice 4x4'n motif....this will be changed. :) Gotta love coil-overs. :)These were taken this weekend....before the car was washed (notice pollen spots) but right after those graphics were installed....I'm pretty happy with the way they turned out....especially since I installed them :)Here are the pics from CougarFest 2002...Doesn't she look good?

How-To Recover Interior Panels Well the panels are done! All the pics are up now....I'll have to take some pics of my dash now. :) The ugly beginnings. Here's the reminant of a paint job gone neglected. The white will sprayed over in the stock dark gray, and the carpet will be black. The grill will turn mettalic silver, and the leather insert will be done in purple tweed. Here's the leather panel removed from the rest of the door panel...No wonder I'm changing it.....BORING!!! See all the curves? This is the front door panel (the easier of the panels) The tweed was pretty easy to work with, but you still needed patience! This is just another angle of the same panel...Notice the texture. :) This is the rear panel. The insert is just resting in the panel. It looks good so far. I'll be sanding and painting the panels later this week. So hopefully by the end of the weekend I'll have finished pics! These are my speaker grills that I will be re-attaching to the panels....I used a silver metal flake (same as on my dash). It looks really nice against the tweed. Here's a close-up pic of my painted grill against the tweed...looks really nice. :) This is the same pic but farther away. Notice all the curves in this rear panel. What a pain in the ass it was to get it right and get the tweed stretched just right, but after 2 tries it was well worth the effort....Looks very nice! The rear panel is nearly done...all that is left to do is to paint the light gray vinyl to the stock charcoal gray. :) Well they're done and installed. This is the driver's side panel. This is the passenger door..I'm really pleased with how they came out. :)

How-To Recover Interior Panels Well the panels are done! All the pics are up now....I'll have to take some pics of my dash now. :) The ugly beginnings. Here's the reminant of a paint job gone neglected. The white will sprayed over in the stock dark gray, and the carpet will be black. The grill will turn mettalic silver, and the leather insert will be done in purple tweed. Here's the leather panel removed from the rest of the door panel...No wonder I'm changing it.....BORING!!! See all the curves? This is the front door panel (the easier of the panels) The tweed was pretty easy to work with, but you still needed patience! This is just another angle of the same panel...Notice the texture. :) This is the rear panel. The insert is just resting in the panel. It looks good so far. I'll be sanding and painting the panels later this week. So hopefully by the end of the weekend I'll have finished pics! These are my speaker grills that I will be re-attaching to the panels....I used a silver metal flake (same as on my dash). It looks really nice against the tweed. Here's a close-up pic of my painted grill against the tweed...looks really nice. :) This is the same pic but farther away. Notice all the curves in this rear panel. What a pain in the ass it was to get it right and get the tweed stretched just right, but after 2 tries it was well worth the effort....Looks very nice! The rear panel is nearly done...all that is left to do is to paint the light gray vinyl to the stock charcoal gray. :) Well they're done and installed. This is the driver's side panel. This is the passenger door..I'm really pleased with how they came out. :)

ExteriorHere are some good exterior shots of my car.This was taken last summer at the Auto Alliance Plant, where the cougar was made.This was taken last week....after the newly installed neons were working....Notice my nice 4x4'n motif....this will be changed. :) Gotta love coil-overs. :)These were taken this weekend....before the car was washed (notice pollen spots) but right after those graphics were installed....I'm pretty happy with the way they turned out....especially since I installed them :)Here are the pics from CougarFest 2002...Doesn't she look good?

ExteriorHere are some good exterior shots of my car.This was taken last summer at the Auto Alliance Plant, where the cougar was made.This was taken last week....after the newly installed neons were working....Notice my nice 4x4'n motif....this will be changed. :) Gotta love coil-overs. :)These were taken this weekend....before the car was washed (notice pollen spots) but right after those graphics were installed....I'm pretty happy with the way they turned out....especially since I installed them :)Here are the pics from CougarFest 2002...Doesn't she look good?

How-To Recover Interior Panels Well the panels are done! All the pics are up now....I'll have to take some pics of my dash now. :) The ugly beginnings. Here's the reminant of a paint job gone neglected. The white will sprayed over in the stock dark gray, and the carpet will be black. The grill will turn mettalic silver, and the leather insert will be done in purple tweed. Here's the leather panel removed from the rest of the door panel...No wonder I'm changing it.....BORING!!! See all the curves? This is the front door panel (the easier of the panels) The tweed was pretty easy to work with, but you still needed patience! This is just another angle of the same panel...Notice the texture. :) This is the rear panel. The insert is just resting in the panel. It looks good so far. I'll be sanding and painting the panels later this week. So hopefully by the end of the weekend I'll have finished pics! These are my speaker grills that I will be re-attaching to the panels....I used a silver metal flake (same as on my dash). It looks really nice against the tweed. Here's a close-up pic of my painted grill against the tweed...looks really nice. :) This is the same pic but farther away. Notice all the curves in this rear panel. What a pain in the ass it was to get it right and get the tweed stretched just right, but after 2 tries it was well worth the effort....Looks very nice! The rear panel is nearly done...all that is left to do is to paint the light gray vinyl to the stock charcoal gray. :) Well they're done and installed. This is the driver's side panel. This is the passenger door..I'm really pleased with how they came out. :)